Marriage - Peggy and Alivia will be getting married under the care of the meeting in the spring.

Correspondence - Alivia read a letter from a man named Robert who wrote to encourage and
thank our church for ministering in the world.
The letter was much appreciated.

Pastor's Report - Peggy reported that she loves Christmas here at the church, especially
decorating the outdoor tree and that our Christmas Eve service is one of her favorite events of the year.
She held a book release party at the beginning of the month for her new book, So There I Was… In Africa, which went very well.
The meeting has blessed her to go back to Burundi, Africa again this summer.

Pastoral Call - Peggy is currently starting her third year of a three year call to be the pastor of Freedom Friends Church.
The meeting approved a minute stating the church is not responsible for and is in no way connected to her professional work
in counseling and spiritual direction.
The meeting also approved the "Pastoral Tax Minute" stating that Peggy serves as pastor
for Freedom Friends Church as an independent contractor.

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State of Church Report - Peggy read the State of the Church Report.

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Peggy noted that the church has been able to meet our expenses mostly through the generous donations of Friends near and far.

Pastor's Report - Peggy has returned from Africa and is settling into a new rhythm at work and home.
She is currently teaching at Chemeketa Community College, seeing counseling and spiritual direction clients, and being our pastor.She is currently meeting with people on Fridays.
Please let her know if you would like to make an appointment.

To help Peggy with her tasks, Tim M. will open the building for the AA meetings until November 15th at which time we will reevaluate who will take on this responsibility.

Ministry of Peggy Senger ParsonsPeggy is co-founder of Freedom Friends Church and has been my ministry partner for a number of years.She is currently pastor of Freedom Friends Church and has a special ministry with Trauma Healing Services in Burundi Africa.

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Peggy Senger Parsons

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Peggy Senger Parsons, Quaker Pastor of Freedom Friends Church and stringer for UPI

Peggy also facilitated the wedding for two Willamette University
students who have visited with us several times which she greatly enjoyed.
The presiding clerk and congregation thanked Peggy for her ministry as pastor. (See attached report).

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• The Dangerous Quaker class taught by Peggy and Marge Abbot will be held in Portland on June 13, 2009.

Pastor's Report - Peggy is grateful for a church that takes care of
itself.
This last month she
hosted an overnight guest and got to spend some time with David
Niyonzima.
Peggy is grateful for our website and Facebook page which
currently has 79 members, far more than regularly attend the meeting.
She has a full schedule but regularly meets and prays for each person.
Please let her know if you want to meet.
Also, Peggy has set up an
envelope system if you want to save for the women's conference.
Our
faith and practice is now in the Quaker Books Catalogue which Peggy

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Peggy noted she is
grateful for the income that outside contributions, the quilt, and the

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Officers present: Peggy Senger Parsons, Pastor; Alivia Biko, Clerk;

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-Peggy Parsons (pastor) shared that she senses it is time for her to
go back to Africa.
She had 2 requests: One for the time away from ffc
and two the ability for folks who write support checks for her Africa
ministry to be able to write the checks to Freedom Friends and to put
them through the church account so that supporters can get their
nonprofit donation status for their taxes.
Ministry & Oversight
heartily supports both of these, and the meeting heartily approved, as
we have always had caring interest in supporting the work that Peggy